Mike Huckabee exercised some ill-advised compassion for a young repeat offender back in 2000. Maurice Clemmons had served 11 of 108 years' sentence for multiple thefts, beginning at age 16. Huck granted clemency after the trial judge gave his support and the parole board voted 5-0 in favor.
Clemmons was later arrested for child rape, but set free when prosecutors failed to press charges.
Now, Clemmons is dead . . . after murdering four Washington police officers.
Conservatives across the country are hacking Huck into pieces, calling this his "Willie Horton moment"; just as Michael Dukakis was seen as soft on crime after he granted clemency to Willie Horton, Huck is being seen the same way.
Will Huck regain his Presidential front-runner status? Or is he done for?
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Clemmons was later arrested for child rape, but set free when prosecutors failed to press charges.
Now, Clemmons is dead . . . after murdering four Washington police officers.
Conservatives across the country are hacking Huck into pieces, calling this his "Willie Horton moment"; just as Michael Dukakis was seen as soft on crime after he granted clemency to Willie Horton, Huck is being seen the same way.
Will Huck regain his Presidential front-runner status? Or is he done for?
Story here.
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